Peavey socket



Patented Sept. 29, 1931 entree PATENT orrlce nnnnn'r c. LEA'GH Am any n. noom'mos; or os'H'KosH, Wisconsin, nssronoas 'ro taken panama, "E esnkesm W sconsin; n conronnrion orpwisoonsm .PEAvEY. so'oxn'r i agitation fii'earebruary 12, 1930." Serial No.'427,744.

The present invention has to do with log ging'tools, "and is particnlarly concerned with certain hereinafter described improvements inexpensive to manufactur'e.

The invention also resides in a 'novel methe odwhich may be practiced in producing the q kefi- While the foregoing statements are indiea tive in a general wa y of the nature of chain'- venti'on, other objects andadvanta es will beapparent to those fski lle'dj in the art upon a full understanding of the construction arrangement and manner off formation of the improved peavey socket. I

One form. of the invention is presented herein for the purpose of exemplification, but it will of course be appreciated that the invention is susceptible of embodiment inother structurally modified forms coming equally within the contemplated scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a peavey equipped with the socket of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the socket, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side view of the peavey at the location of the socket, with certain portions broken away for clearness in illustration Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofone of the filler lugs which fit between the spaced hinging ears of the socket; K

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the sheet metal blank from which the socket is produced; I

Fig. 6 is another View of the same blank after it has been partially formed; and

Fig. 7 is an end view of the unfinished blank shown in Fig. 6.

The peavey shown 1n the drawings is made up of a wooden handle 10, a forwardly tapering metal socket 11 into which the front end of the handle fits, a sharp pointed metal pike 12 which is carried by and projects forthe ordinary peavey,

wardly from the front end of the socket, and

a large curved metal hook 13 which is hinged to one side of tlie'socket at lt.

The present invention resides, not in any new combination of the above. mentioned parts, because all of such parts are common to but rather in a distinctive and much needed improvement in the "construction of the socket per se, which improvement also involves a'novel method of production.

"The socket 11 is formed up from a thin sheet metal blank 15- which is cut substantiallyin the shape shown in Fig. 5, with the opposite side edges 16 converging slightly, and with rounded extensions 17 left on the side edges 16 adjacent the wide end 18 of the blank. The blank 15, after being'cut to shape,

is stamped intosubstantially the form shown in Figs. -6 and 7, which form the curved edges of the extensions 17 are cupp'ednp, and the side portionsjof the blank, from the edges 16 inwardly for about onefo'urth of the width, are curved up on approximately the radius which the corresponding portions of the socket are to have upon completion. The extensions 17, which subsequently constitute spaced hingingears between which the rear end of the hook'is positioned, are pierced, either during the cutting or the shaping of the to providebolt apertures 19, one of which is preferably squared to int-erfit with a squared portion 20 of the shank of a: hinge in bolt 21. a j p lifter these operations have been performed, two lugs 22 of heavier sheet metal are inserted in and spotwelded to the inside faces ofzthe cupped ears 17. The lugs are of such shape and thickness as to substantially fill the outer portions of the cavities in the ears, and are pierced to provide aper- 'tu'res 23in register with the apertures 19.,

been attached tothe blank in the manner described, the blank is farther curved into c ircular -for1n,; the side edges 16 are welded 27 which has substantially the same taperv and size as the front end of the inside of the socket. The pike is inserted into the socket through the rear end thereof and 1s moved forwardly therein until the portion 27 of the pike comes to rest in a wedged fit within the front end of the socket, after which the front end of the socket is welded at 28 to the adjacent surfaces of the pike, producing a strong and permanent connection thereba tween. i

The front forwardly tapering end of the" handle is then wedged tightly into the socket where it is preferably held against withdrawal by a cross pin (not. shown) of any suitable description the apertured end of, the hook 13 is inserted in the opening provided between the lugs 22 by the abutment of the spring flanges 23, and the hinging bolt is then passed through the aligned aperture in the socket and hook and drawn up tight. The inwardly cupped portions of the edges of the ears 1'? are cut away during the formation of the blank throughout the are of swing of the hook 13 in order toaccommodate the hook and at the same time permit the front and rear edges of the ears to come together.

We claim:

1. An improved peavey socket, consisting of a forwardly tapering sheet metal shell having a longitudinally extending edge joint and a pair of spaced laterally extending ears cupped toward each otherat opposite sides of the joint for the reception therebetween of a hook.

2. An improved peavey socket, consisting of a forwardlyt-apering sheet metal shell havin g a longitudinally extending edge oint and ia pair of spaced laterally extending ears at opposite sides of the joint for the reception therebetween of a hook, a pair of spaced reinforcing lugs positioned between the ears, a. hook pivotally mounted between the lugs, and a forwardly projecting pike secured to the front end of the shell. V

' 3. An improved peaveysocket,'consisting aligned apertures in the ears, lugs and hook.

7 6. An improved peavey socket, consisting of a forwardly tapering sheet metal shell having a pair of spaced laterally extending ears at one side thereof, a pair of spaced reinforc ing lugs secured against the inner faces of the 'ears for thereception therebetween of one end of a hook, and a hinge pin extending through ahgned apertures 1n the ears, lugs and hook. 7; An improved peavey socket, consisting of a forwardly tapering sheet metal shell haV- ing a longitudinally extending butt-welded jOlIll? and a pair of laterally extending cars at opposite sides of the joint in spaced relation to the rearend of the latter for the reception therebe tween of ahook.

8. An improved peavey socket, consisting of a forwardly tapering frusto-conical sheet metal shell, and a forwardly projecting pike having a forwardly tapering frusto-conical portion fitted tightly within and exterior-1y welded to the front end of the shell.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subof a forwardly tapering frusto-conical sheet metal shell, and a forwardly projecting pike having a forwardly tapering frusto-conical portion fitted tightly within and secured to the front end of the shell.

4. An improved peavey socket, consisting of a forwardly tapering frusto-conical sheet metal shell having a longitudinally extending edge joint and a pair of spaced laterally extending ears at opposite sides of the joint for the reception therebetween of a hook, and a forwardly projecting pike having a forwardly taperingfrusto-conical portion fitted 

